Transportation board proposes new committee to focus on railroads and TIH chemicals

摘要

The Department of Transportation's Surface Transportation Board (STB) last week announced that it has established a new committee to provide it with independent advice and policy suggestions on issues related to the common carrier obligation of railroads to transport toxic by inhalation hazard (TIH) chemicals such as anhydrous ammonia and chlorine. Specifically, the STB wants the committee to outline what is a railroad's reasonable response to a shipper's request that it transport TIH cargo.